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spurs mental

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Emery as far out of his area as Arteta usually is, he's half way between the half way line and the goal line
 

midoshairband

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has there even been such a little bitch player as Saka? bloke spends more time rolling, hobbling, crying than actually playing football.
 

Spursberg

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Aresenal press alot higher than us, and the few times Villa manages to pass through the press, Arsenal still have 5-6 people on the right side in seconds!

Also imagine if Maddison would press and run as much as Oedegaard, Bissouma had the defensive inteligence of Rice and Jhonson would track back as much as Saka. Maybe, just maybe we would stop letting in so many goals :p
 

Joe Bjorn Hotspur

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well yes and no I guess.

We have been in the CL many times before, so it doesn't have the same exhilaration as it once did. Around 2005/6 I had despaired of us ever even qualifying, which is why when Crouchie scored that goal I, we, all of us went absolutely mental.

Right now I'm looking at this from a pain-pleasure calculus. Would us getting 4th give me more pleasure and outweigh the anguish caused by seeing them lift the title, and then rub our noses in it for years and years until we eventually win it if we ever do.

That's where I'm coming from. I'll get over coming 5th a lot quicker and with a lot less pain than seeing them winning the league

many others I know will disagree, and fair enough, but that's how I feel
Appreciate personal opinions on this, however, I’m onboard the same train as you.

Went through school with this lot being far too gleeful and smug in the early 2000s. Then when we caught up with them after years of mid table mediocrity as well as a relegation fight when Klinsmann came back to our rescue.

The build up to getting there at last in the Champions League with those scenes at City in 2010 with Crouch et al were pinch yourself moments as it felt like we were gate crashing the CL at the time as well. Four years prior to that lasagne gate which handed 4th to le goons was genuinely heart breaking.

Just like you for me now getting CL qualification isn’t the be all and end all.

I know it’s a tough call in this day and age to expect a bit of fan patience but for me looking at one of the Europa’s at the bare minimum isn’t a disaster when we all need to realise that it could be a blessing in disguise blooding in academy players and injecting competition for places etc.
 

ItsBoris

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The way Arsenal control games and press is night and day to the way we do it.

We try to move it forward too quickly, put too many players in front of the ball, then lose it and get countered and usually concede a corner. They pin teams in and then slide a ball in with a good pass, and even if they lose the ball quickly win it back. It's frustrating that we can't seem to understand how to do it properly.
 
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